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A. BIBRSTADT.

RAILWAY GAR.

No. 559,964. Patented May 12, 1896.

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A. BIERSTADT.

RAILWAY, GAR.

Patented May 12, 1896.

ANDREW B GHAHAMPHUTOUMO WkSMlNGWNDC i I o l l l l l Nrrnn STATES PATENTOFFICE.

ALBERT BIERSTADT, OF NEXV YORK, 1T. Y.

RAILWAY-CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 559,964, dated May 12,1896.

Application filed June 2, 1893. Renewed Dotoher 15, 1895- Serial No.565,806. (No model- To all whom it may concern:

lie it known that 1, ALBERT BIERSTADT, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county and State of New York, have inventeda new and useful Improvement in Railway-Cars or Like Vehicles, of whichthe following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a railway car or other likevehicle the side wall or walls of which will be movable and extensibleso as to form wings, and thereby enlarge the car to such an extent as tobe suitable for the purposes of lecturing, exhibiting pictures or otherarticles, camping out, (be. This car can be used also for chapel andchurch purposes, also theaters, the.

To that end my invention consists of a vehicle provided with ordinarytrucks and running-gear and with a side wall or walls which are made toextend and preferably to unfold and swing outwardly so as to form wings,as more particularly hereinafter described, and pointed out in theclaims.

The invention is shown and described as applied to a railway-car.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l is a view in perspective of myimproved car with the end cut off, with the monitor roof raised, and theside walls partly unfolded. Fig. 2 is a view of a crosssection, taken onthe line aa; of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a view of a cross-see tion of myimproved car with the monitor roof lowered and the side walls closed.

In the accompanying drawin gs,the numeral 1 denotes the ordinary truckfor a railway passenger-car, provided with wheels 2.

denotes the floor of the body of the car, which is attached in the usualmanner to the trucks.

4: denotes the end walls, which are provided with doors 5 and windows 6of the ordinary construction.

7 denotes upright posts attached rigidly to the floor and extending upto and attached to the part S,which forms a portion of the roof.

9 denotes a portion of the side wall hinged to the floor, which portionwhen opened and moved outwardly on its hinges forms the wing floor.

10 denotes the hinges last above referred to.

1.1 denotes the chains attached to the portion 0 near its outer end andpassing over pulleys 12, fastened to the upright posts 7, by which meansthe said portion 9 is lowered and raised and held in position whenextended or unfolded. These chains are operated by a crank 13 on awindlass or drum 14, to which they are attached in the ordinary manner.

15 denotes a portion of the side wall hinged to the upright posts 7, andwhich when extended outwardly on its hinges forms the end wall of thewing.

16 denotes the hinges last above referred to.

17 is a portion of the side wall hinged to the portion 15, and whichwhen turned outwardly on its hinges forms a part of the side wall of thewing.

18 denotes the hinges last above referred to. The port-ions 17 whenextended may be fastened by any suitable means.

20 denotes a portion of the side walls hinged to the monitor roof 21,which portion when raised forms the wing-roof.

22 denotes the hinges last above referred to. The part 20, when closed,forms the outside portion of the side walls of the car, and when thusclosed may be held in place by any suitable device. The roof 8 of thecar is supported by the upright posts 7. The monitor roof 21 is providedwith a raised portion 23, made preferably of glass and wood. One portionof this may be higher than the other, as at 2a. This portion whenextended forms a second story to the car, which may be utilized as aplace of observation. This portion is raised and lowered by means of arack-andpinion device 25 and 26, attached to the upright posts 7, andwhen raised is held in place by the said rack-and-pinion device and alsoby the posts 27, which are extensions of the upright posts 7 and adaptedto be raised and lowered, as desired, by any suitable means. The sideand end walls of the wing are provided with windows 28.

The operation in enlarging the car is as follows: The portion 20 israised by hand or by any suitable means sufficiently high to allow thepart 9 to be lowered. The part- 9 is then lowered by means of the chains11. The portion 15 is then turned outwardly on its hinges until it is atright angles to the upright posts 7. Then the portion 17 is turnedoutwardly on its hinges until it is at right angles to the portion 15.The portion 20 is lowered until it rests at its outer edge upon thatportion 17 which forms the side of the wing.

The operation in closing the car is merely the reverse of that inenlarging it.

The car is preferably divided into three sections, as the parts formingthe extension would be too heavy to be easily moved if there were lessthan that number, although it might obviously be made in one section.

It is also obvious thatthe car may be of any suitable size and may bemade of the material ordinarily used in the construct-ion of cars,preferably that used in the construction of Pullman cars.

The car when closed will be preferably of the size of ordinary Pullmancars and as are generally arranged to be attached with passenger-trains.

It is obvious that the monitor roof may be stationary and not capable ofbeing raised without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Any suitable means may be used for lowering and raising the parts 9 andany suitable device maybe used in place of the various hinges shown anddescribed; also any suitable means for raising and lowering the monitorroof may be used without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having fully described my invention,what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patcut, is

1. A railway-ear or other like vehicle pro vided with a side wall orwalls composed in part of a portion adapted to swing outwardly anddownwardly to form a wing floor and a portion adapted to swing outwardlyand in a direction at right angles to the said floor, substantiall y asdescribed.

2. A railway-car or other like vehicle provided with a side wall orwalls composed in part of a portion adapted to swing outwardly anddownwardly to form a wing floor, a-portion adapted to swing outwardlyand in a direction at right angles to the said floor and a portionadapted to swing outwardly from and in a direction at right angles tosaid last-mentioned swinging part, substantially as described.

3. A railway-car or otherlike vehicle provided with a side wall or wallscomposed in part of a portion adapted to swing downwardly and outwardlyto form a wing floor, a portion adapted to swin outwardly and in adirection at right angles to the said floor, a portion adapted to swingoutwardly from and in a direction at right angles to said last-mentionedswinging part and a portion adapted to swing outwardly and upwardly toform a wing roof, substantially as described.

4. A-railway-car or other like vehicle provided with aside wall or wallscomposed in ,part of a portion adapted to swing outwardly and downwardlyto form a wing floor and means for raising, lowering and supportingsaidswinging portion and a portion adapted to swing outwardly and in adirection at right angles to the said floor, substantially as described.

5. A railway-car or other like vehicle provided with a side wall orwalls composed in partof a portion adapted to swing outwardly anddownwardly to form a wing floor and means for raising, lowering andsupporting said swinging portion, a portion adapted to swing outwardlyand in a direction at right angles to the said floor and a portionadapted to swing outwardly from and in a direction at right angles tosaid last-mentioned swinging part, substantiallyas described.

6. A railway-car or other like vehicle provided with a side wall orwalls composed in part of a portion adapted to swing outwardly anddownwardly to form a wing tloor and means for raising, lowering andsupporting said swinging portion, a portion adapted to swing outwardlyand in a direction at right angles to the said floor, a portion adaptedto swing outwardly from and in a direction at right angles to saidlast-mentioned swinging part and a portion adapted to swing outwardlyand upwardly to form a wing roof, substantially as described.

'7. A railway-car or other like vehicle provided with an extensible roofand means for raising and lowering said roof and a side wall or wallscomposed in part of a portion adapted to swing outwardly and downwardlyto form a wing floor, substantially as described.

8. A railway-ear or other like vehicle provided with an extensible roofand means for raising and lowering said roof, a side wall or wallscomposed in part of a portion adapted to swing downwardly and outwardlyto form a wing floor, and a portion adapted to swing outwardly and in adirection at right angles to the said floor, substantially as described.

9. A railway-car or other like vehicle-provided with an extensible roofand means for raising and lowering said roof, a side wall or wallscomposed in part of a portion adapted to swing outwardly and downwardlyto form a wing floor, a portion adapted to swing outwardly and in adirection at right angles to the said floor, substantially as described.

10. A railway-car or other like vehicle provided with an extensible roofand means for raising and lowering said roof, a side wall or wallscomposed in part of a portion adapted to swing outwardly and downwardlyto form a wing'floor, a portion adapted to swing outwardly and in adirection at right angles to the said floor, a portion adapted to swingoutwardly from and in a direction at right angles to said last-mentionedswinging portion and a portion adapted to swing outwardly and upwardlyto form a wing roof, substantially as described.

11. A railway-car or other like vehicle provided with an extensible roofand means for raising and lowering said roof, a side wall or wallscomposed in part of a portion adapted to swing outwardly and downwardlyto form a wing floor and means for raising, lowering and supporting saidswinging portion, sub:

stantially as described.

12. A railway-car or other like vehicle provided with an extensible roofand means for raising and lowering said roof, a side wall or wallscomposed in part of a portion adapted to swing outwardly and downwardlyto form a wing floor, means for raising, lowering and supporting saidswinging portion and a portion adapted to swing outwardly and in adirection at right angles to the said floor of the car, substantially asdescribed.

13. A railway-car or other like vehicle provided with an extensible roofand means for raising and lowering the said roof, a side wall or wallscomposed in part of a portion adapted to swing outwardly and downwardlyto form a wing floor, means for raising, lowering and supporting saidswinging portion, a portion adapted to swing outwardly and in adirection at right angles to the said floor and a portion adapted toswing outwardly from and in a direction at right angles to said last-mentioned swinging portion, substantially as described.

l-i. A railway-car or other like vehicle provided with an extensibleroof and means for raising and lowering said roof, a side wall or wallscomposed in part of a portion adapted to swing outwardly and downwardlyto form a wing floor, means for raising, lowering and supporting saidswinging portion, a portion adapted to swing outwardly and in adirection at right angles to the said floor, a portion adapted to swingoutwardly from and in a direction at right angles to said last-mentionedswinging part and a portion adapted to swing outwardly and upwardly toform a wing roof substantially as described.

15. A railway-car or other like vehicle having a side wall composed ofswinging portions and an extensible roof, substantially as described.

16. A railway-car or other like vehicle havin g a side wall composed ofoutwardly-swinging portions and an extensible roof, substantially asdescribed.

17. A railway-ear or other like vehicle provided with a side wall orwalls composed in part of a portion adapted to swing outwardly to form awing floor and a portion adapted to swing outwardly and in. a directionat right angles to the said floor, substantially as described.

18. A railway-car or otherlike vehicle provided with a side wall orwalls composed in part of a portion adapted to swing outwardly to form awing floor, means for supporting said swinging portion and a portionadapted to swing outwardly and in a direction at right angles to thesaid tloor, substantially as described.

19. A railway-car or other like vehicle provided with an extensibleroof, means for raising and lowering said roof and a side wall or wallscomposed in part of a portion adapted to swing outwardly to form a wingfloor, substantially as described.

20. A railway-ear or other like vehicle provided with an extensibleroof, means for raising and lowering said roof, a side wall or wallscomposed in part of a portion adapted to swing outwardly to form awingfloor, and means for supporting said swinging portion, substantially asdescribed.

21. A railway-car or other like vehicle provided wit-h a side wall orwalls composed in' part of a portion adapted to swing outwardly to forma wing floor, a portion adapted to swing outwardly and in a direction atright angles to the said floor, and a portion adapted to swing outwardlyto form a wing roof, sub stantially as described.

22. A railway-car or other like vehicle provided with a side wall orwalls composed in part of a portion adapted to swing outwardly to form awing roof, and a portion adapted to swing outwardly and in a directionat right angles to the floor of the car, substantially as described.

A railway-ear or other like vehicle provided with a side wall or wallscomposed in part of a portion adapted to swing outwardly to form a wingroof, a portion adapted to swing outwardly and in a direction at rightangles to the floor of the car, and a portion adapted to swing outwardlyfrom and in a direction at right angles to said last-mentioned swingingpart, substantially as described.

24. A railway-ear or other like Vehicle provided with an extensible roofand a side wall or walls composed in part of a swinging portion,substantially as described.

25. A railway-car or other like vehicle provided with an extensible roofand a side wall or walls composed in part of a portion adapted to swingoutwardlyto form a wing floor, substantially as described.

26. A railway-car or other like vehicle provided with an extensible roofand a side wall or walls composed in part of a portion adapted to swingdownwardly and outwardly to form a wing floor, substantially asdescribed.

27. A railway-car or other like vehicle provided with an extensible roofand a side wall or walls composed in part of a portion adapted to swingoutwardly to form a wing floor, and a portion adapted to swing outwardlyand in a direction at right angles to the said floor, substantially asdescribed.

28. A railway-car or other like vehicle provided with an extensible roofand a side wall or walls composed in part of a portion adapted to swingoutwardly to form a wing floor, a portion adapted to swing outwardly andin a direction at right angles to the said floor, and a portion adaptedto swing outwardly from and in a direction at right angles to saidlastmentioned swinging portion, substantially as described.

29. A railway-car or other like Vehicle provided with an extensibleroof, and a side wall or walls composed in part of a portion adapted toswing outwardly to form a wing floor, a portion adapted to swingoutwardly and in a direction at right angles to the said floor, aportion adapted to swing outwardly from and in a direction at rightangles to said lastn1entioned swinging portion and a portion adapted toswing upwardly to form a wing roof, substantially as described.

30. A railway-car or other like Vehicle provided with an extensibleroof, and a side wall or walls composed in part of a portion adapted toswing outwardly and in a direction at right angles to the floor of thecar, substantially as described.

31. A railway-ear or other like YOlllClG provided with an extensibleroof, a side wall or walls composed in part of a portion adapted toswing outwardly and in a direction at right angles to the floor of thecar and a portion adapted to swing outwardly from and in a direction atright angles to said last-mentioned swinging part substantially asdescribed.

32. A railway-car or other like vehicle provided with an extensible roofand aside wall or walls composed in part of a portion adapted to swingoutwardly to form a wing roof, substantially as described.

323. A railway-car or other like vehicle proyided with an extensibleroof a side wall or a walls composed in part of a portion adapted toswing upwardly to form a wing roof, and a portion adapted to swingoutwardly and in a direction at right angles to the floor of the car,substantially as described.

St. A railway-car or other like vehicle provided with an extensibleroof, a side wall or walls composed in part of a portion adapted toswing upwardly to form a wing roof, a portion adapted to swing outwardlyand in a direetion at right angles to the floor of the car and a portionadapted to swing outwardly from and in a direction at right angles tosaid last-mentioned swinging part; substantially as described.

35. A railway-car or other like vehicle provided with an extensibleroof, a side wall or walls composed in part of a portion adapted toswing outwardly to form a wing floor and a portion adapted to swingupwardly to form a wing roof, substantially as described.

36. A railway-ear or other like vehicle provided with an extensibleroof, a side wall or walls composed in part of a portion adapted toswing outwardly to form a wing floor, a portion adapted to swingupwardly to form a wing roof, and a portion adapted to swingoutwardlyand in a direction at right angles to said floor, substantially asdescribed.

ALBER'I BIERSTADT.

Witnesses:

CHARLES 1 Pxrrnnsox, M. A. XVILsox.

